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SEA files associated with IE??
Name: El-Trucha Date: December 19, 2004 at 09:14:51 Pacific OS: Mac OS 8.1 CPU/Ram: 80 MHz/40 MB
Comment:
Hello every1!! :D Why are my .SEA files associated with Internet Explorer?? I got a .SEA file that when I open it it opens up IE... I go to Get Info and it says "Internet Explorer 3.01 document" I get the correct icon on the file and everything... How do I fix this?? Thanx!! ;)
Name: dominicus Date: December 22, 2004 at 00:52:41 Pacific
Reply:
There's a bug in some versions of mac browsers ( both netscape and IE) that saves arhives as web pages ..the file may be *called* myfile.sea, but it is registered as the web page type and the associated browser's as creater .You could use a utility like 'drop-info' to reset the proper type and creater, but with 'sea' files it often doesn't work, and besides there's several different types of "Self-Extracting-Archives" (SEAs). What usually *does* work if it's a 'stuffit' sea (most are) is drop it on stuffit expander, it will bypass the "self-extracting" part of the archive and extract it like any othe stuffit file. Most of the others are DiskDoubler SEA's, you can find DDExpand online too, and it would work for those...
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Name: El-Trucha Date: December 23, 2004 at 11:36:45 Pacific
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